{
  "id": 15880542,
  "title": "‘When I Existed,’ a Cannes Market Standout, Swooped On for World Sales by M-Appeal and Now Bound for Tallinn Black Nights (EXCLUSIVE)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/when-i-existed-a-cannes-market-standout-swooped-on-for-world-sales-by",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-21T11:04:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/global/when-i-existed-cannes-market-standout-m-appeal-tallinn-1236918550/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Berlin-based M-Appeal has boarded “When I Existed,” a buzzy, feel-good second-chance drama comedy and Kafkian social satire which proved a standout at the Cannes Market’s Ventana Sur Goes to Cannes showcase, marking an auspicious debut for Uruguay’s Alejandro Damiani and Martin Avdolov. A select but discerning sales agent of Latin American movies, M-Appeal has picked […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}